Customs

Proposed Tariff Dispensation Amendments – Comment Due

An invitation has been extended to all interested parties to review the proposed amendments to the following Schedules to the Customs and Excise Act, namely: • Schedule No.1 Part 1 – Ordinary Customs Duty; • Schedule No.1 Part 2 – Ad Valorem and Specific Customs Duties, and Excise Duties; • Schedule No.1 Part 3 – Environmental Levy; • Schedule No.1 Part 5 – Fuel Levy and Road Accident Fund Levy; and • Schedule No.6 – Rebates and Refunds of Excise Duties, Fuel Levy, Road Accident Fund Levy and Environmental Levy. The intention of the proposed amendments, according to Sars, is to align certain tariffs. Comment is due by 15 October 2010.

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